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• Businessman gets $1M bail for attempted kidnapping

  (Kaieteur News) – The 36-year-old businessman was arrested for attempting a kidnapping was granted bail on Friday after he appeared in court. The defendant has been identified as Avishkar Singh of Alexander Village, Greater Georgetown. He was charged with the attempted kidnapping and appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate Court before Magistrate Faith McGusty. Kaieteur News reported […]

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• U.S. companies in Guyana to build, not extract and leave – Ambassador Theriot

  (Kaieteur News) – United States (U.S.) Ambassador to Guyana Nicole Theriot said Thursday that American companies are not in Guyana simply to extract the country’s resources and leave, declaring that the bilateral relationship has reached an unprecedented peak defined by permanent security integration and sustainable economic investment. Speaking at a gala reception celebrating the 250th anniversary […]

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• 93-year-old woman dies in Castello Housing Scheme fire

    (Kaieteur News) – A fire of unknown origin at Lot 36 Castello Housing Scheme, West La Penitence, Georgetown, claimed the life of 93-year-old Rosa Singh on Friday afternoon. According to the Guyana Fire Service, upon arrival, firefighters found a two-storey wooden building fully engulfed in flames. Ranks from the Fire Service headquarters immediately commenced firefighting […]

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